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Failure to enter Standby or Hibernation, stops at black screen

Screen black after waking up from hibernationHey all,
I have a problem since I installed Win7 on my laptop. Whenever the laptop automatically goes to sleep or hibernation mode while the lid is closed, it wakes up with the screen black. The only thing I figured out to do is switching it off and starting it newly then.
I already updated my...

General Discussion

Unable to enter sleep/hibernation, black screen insteadHi,
Recently, I 'fixed' my dual boot system so that I could boot without windows again, using a recovery disk with bootrec.exe \fixmbr and bootrec.exe \fixbcd. The computer is booting properly now.
However, it has developed a problem. I can no longer enter sleep or hibernation. When trying...

General Discussion

laptop hangs when during sleep or hibernation with black screenwhen ever i sleep or hibernate my dell inspiron pc it hangs black screen with very little hdd activity and remains so until i forcibly shutdown by pressing power button.Ater reboot i am able to go to sleep or hibernation but after a continuous operation of more than 30mins this error occurs.I...

General Discussion

Standby Hanging On Black ScreenI've had this laptop for 3 years now, reinstalled Windows 7 on it (clean install) earlier this year around March - April. I've replaced the hard drive after the Hitachi that came with died.
Lately, when trying to enter standby, it's been hanging on a black screen, with intermittent hard drive...

BSOD Help and Support

Black screen after standby or sleepI experienced the black screen syndrome for the first time yesterday. Everything was black except for a big old cursor that I could move around the screen.
Have they figured out the cause of the problem yet?